Dale Steyn names his all-time best XI he has played with or against, no Indian makes the cut

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the cricketers are following a trend of giving out their all-time XIs across all the formats based on different scenarios. Earlier, Azhar Ali, Shane Warne, Ashton Agar and many other players came out with their teams. Now, Dale Steyn, the veteran bowler also joined the bandwagon in his recent social media activity and gave his all-time XI that consisted of players against whom he played in the past.

COVID-19 has made things worse for human life on the planet. More than 2 Lakh people have lost their lives across the globe and the count is only increasing with each passing day. This is the reason due to which cricketing activities have come down to a tragic halt. So, cricketers have found different and unique ways of increasing their visibility on social media platforms.

Recently, Dale Steyn, the veteran bowler played against some of the finest and great players during his illustrious career. He picked Kumar Sangakkara from Sri Lanka and his former skipper, Graeme Smith as his preferred set of openers followed by Jacques Kallis, who is a brilliant all-rounder with more than 20,000 runs and 565 wickets across all the formats.

Brett Lee to lead Dale Steyn’s XI’s pace attack

According to Times Now, Dale Steyn also included Jonty Rhodes, who is rated as one of the best fielders in the history of international cricket. On the other hand, he picked Paul Harris as the one to lead the spin department of the team. Meanwhile, Quinton de Kock was given the opportunity to take the gloves behind the stumps.

Also, he picked a lethal pace bowling duo of Brett Lee, Allan Donald in his side. Surprisingly, he didn’t pick any of of the Indian cricketers in his list and one of the high profile batsmen as well as his former teammate AB de Villiers in his team.

Steyn’s Best XI he played with or against: Kumar Sangakkara, Graeme Smith, Dave Hawken, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Quinton de Kock, Bret Bargiachi, Peter Lombard, Brett Lee, Paul Harris, Allan Donald.